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President Barack Obama says he believes a budget deal is still possible that will avert a government shutdown this weekend. He says failure to reach a deal would be disruptive at a moment when the economy is beginning to gain ...

Republicans controlling the House of Representatives are moving quickly to pass stopgap legislation to avoid a partial shutdown of the U.S. government when temporary funding runs out Friday. Tuesday’s measure would keep the government running for two weeks to buy ...

February 28, 2011Comments Off on Short-term plan could avert gov’t shutdown

The United States is less than a week away from a possible shutdown of the federal government – the first since 1996. Although a short-term funding agreement could forestall that dramatic outcome for two weeks beyond the Friday deadline, Republicans ...

New York’s Legislature averted an unprecedented shutdown of state government Monday night, the latest scare in a 2-year-old fiscal crisis and with a state budget now more than 10 weeks overdue. A shutdown would have idled many of the state’s ...

A key Republican senator said Monday he will vote to approve an emergency spending bill, a move that should avert a New York state government shutdown that could have begun Tuesday morning. “I can’t vote to shut down government,” said ...

The Paterson administration is preparing state agencies for a potential state government shutdown that could begin as early as Monday at midnight. A statewide conference call sought to prepare departments for a shutdown if an emergency spending bill is rejected, ...

A key New York Democratic senator says he won’t vote for a planned cut in state spending as part of any emergency funding bill on Monday, a move that could force the start of a government shutdown. Despite assurances by ...

With the state budget more than two months late and continued discord in Albany, the fear of an unprecedented shutdown of state government is getting more attention among state planners. A shutdown would likely mean a fraction of the number ...

The New York senator who set off a debilitating coup in the chamber a year ago said Tuesday he is willing to vote against any more emergency spending bills even though that could likely force a shutdown of state government. ...